Classical Music for Aficionados

The Master:

https://youtu.be/g10ohnnbygI

😊 no more piano playing, only music:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95LCUHw50C8

Who will play this piece after him?

A master’s master recorded under the leg at 70 years old...Without a piano for most of his last 40 years of life...


Another exemple:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn_O8SABHvw

this one nail the coffin of almost any pretender:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIC-bGI_Frc


It is not me who pretend about him....

It is him:

Arnold Schoenberg wrote the following about Ervin Nyiregyházi: "...a pianist who appears to be something really quite extraordinary... I must say that I have never heard such a pianist before... What he plays is expression in the older sense of the word, nothing else; but such power of expression I have never heard before. You will disagree with his tempis as much as I did. You will also note that he often seems to give primacy to sharp contrasts at the expense of form, the latter appearing to get lost. I say appearing to; for then, in its own way, his music surprisingly regains its form, makes sense, establishes its own boundaries. The sound he brings out of the piano is unheard of... And such fullness of tone, achieved without ever becoming rough, I have never before encountered... as a whole it displays incredible novelty and persuasiveness. ...it is amazing what he plays and how he plays it".

@rvpiano       RV thanks for posting that Horowitz film it was very interesting and informative also, I loved the way he played the Schubert / Liszt - Soirée de Vienne it was so controlled and the runs and scales were perfect. Even the virtuoso Chopin pieces were played like a twenty year old and it was amazing how much technique he had retained for such an  old man. Yes he truly was one of a kind. 

Listening to a young Russian violinist Daniel Lozakovich playing Tchaikovsky album "None but the lonely heart" and Bach partitia 2 (both on tidal)
He plays like a true Russian, with beautiful melancholy and depth. I think he’s on track to be a superb violinist, full of insight, reflection, technical skill with maturity and sensitivity beyond his age.
His Bach Partita no. 2 was truly sublime. Definitely worth  a listen if you have a streaming service. I'd like to hear your thoughts if you get to hear his music. 

Jim204,

Yes he was!

Ferocious technique and yet the power to reduce you to tears.